CKUT Community News Collective Abdel Kader Belaouni, In sanctuary
CKUT radio, 90.3FM in Montreal, broadcasted live on Friday, October 13th the second installment of RADIO SANCTUARY, a live hour-long remote broadcast hosted by Abdelkader Belaouni.
Abdelkader Belaouni ("Kader" to his friends) is a refugee from Algeria who came to Montreal via the USA. Kader is in sanctuary inside the St-Gabriel's Catholic Church in his community of Point St-Charles -- a mixed French-English poor working class neighborhood of Montreal, with a long history of community mobilization.
Kader defied an order to be deported on January 5, 2006, and has remained in sanctuary ever since.
CKUT is a community radio station proudly embedded in movements for social justice, particularly those of migrants in Montreal. Since Kader cannot leave the church, CKUT radio will join him inside the sanctuary of St-Gabriel's Church, in the heart of Point St-Charles.
Join us for this bilingual (English and French) program with perspectives on sanctuary and migration, through the voices of migrants themselves.
- download the program from CKUT's online archives (http://secure.ckut.ca/cgi-bin/ckut-grid.pl)
-->To download the first edition of Radio Sanctuary from September 15, 2006, visit: http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/13742.php
-->To view PHOTOS from the broadcast of Radio Sanctuary, visit: http://gallery.cmaq.net/radio-sanctuaire
--> A recorded message by Kader (in French) which was played at the May 27, 2006 "Status for All!" March in Montreal organized by Solidarity Across Borders is linked at: http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/9985.php
For more information, contact news at ckut.ca, call 514-448-4041 ext. 6788, or visit www.soutienpourkader.net